partition
pronunciation
How to pronounce partition in British English:
UK [pɑːˈtɪʃn]
How to pronounce partition in American English:
US [pɑːrˈtɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
- (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
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- Verb:
- divide into parts, pieces, or sections
- separate or apportion into sections
Word Origin
- partition (n.)
- early 15c., "division into shares, distinction," from Old French particion (12c.), from Latin partitionem (nominative partitio) "a sharing, division, partition, distribution; method of dividing," from past participle stem of partire "to part" (see part (v.)). Sense of "that which separates" first recorded late 15c.
- partition (v.)
- 1741, from partition (n.). Related: Partitioned; partitioning.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Only 15 years after partition , the scars were still raw .
- 2. This agreement was the basis for the division of rivers after india 's partition in 1947 .
- 3. The crowd gasped as the partition was taken away and they realized that the voice was that of a parrot .
- 4. They then removed an opaque partition so the fish could see their neighbor and noted how often the fish left the reeds and in what order .
- 5. The partition ed island of cyprus has long been a running sore in greek relations with turkey .